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Adapted from Praying With Fire: A 5-Minute Lesson-a-Day, written by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman, published by ArtScroll\Mesorah. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the dynamics of prayer, providing both knowledge and inspiration for using this unique gift to its maximum potential.
Click here to read Praying with Fire, Part 1.
Day 6
How Prayer Works
Just like you need to know more than how to turn on a computer to derive its maximum benefit, prayer also requires an understanding of what makes it work in order to benefit from its unlimited potential.
Praying to God to alleviate a difficult situation presents a bit of a paradox. There are two fundamental concepts of Jewish thought that would make it seem that prayer should not be able to accomplish such a task. One concept is that God causes everything, whether it appears to us to be good, bad or somewhere in between. He sends the illness from which we pray to be cured. He sends the enemies from whom we pray to be saved. If He didn't want us to suffer these difficulties, it would seem that He wouldn't send them in the first place.
The second basic concept is that everything God does is, at its root, good. We believe that God is perfect and complete goodness, and that when we suffer, it is for some greater purpose in this world or in the spiritual world. Sometimes you see the good with your own eyes: You break up with someone you love, but marry someone so much better for you. You spend a week sick in bed, but discover how much you're loved and needed. Often, however, we don't perceive the good, and can only derive comfort from the knowledge that, in the Divine, omniscient view of things, the good is there.
This raises some questions: Why would God change a situation in response to our prayers if in His judgment, the situation was good? Why would we even be allowed to ask Him to do so?
The answer to these questions is a fascinating look at how prayer actually operates in the material and the spiritual worlds. Rabbi Joseph Albo, a great mystic and philosopher, examined the question of how prayer works to change a Heavenly decree. He explained that it does not change the decree; it changes the object of the decree. The person to whom God has sent poverty or illness or some other difficulty can, by praying, change his spiritual identity to the point where the necessity of enduring the difficulty has been eliminated.
Jane the Spiritual Underachiever might require a frightening bout of pneumonia to awaken her to the need for a life of deeper meaning. But if now, after the fourth antibiotic has failed, she is motivated to reach out to God and forge a relationship, she is no longer Jane the Spiritual Underachiever. She is now Jane the Exalted, and the pneumonia has no further purpose. The fifth antibiotic works.
The words of prayer themselves can be a powerful catalyst for this change. It may seem that when we pray, we are sending an Earth-to-Heaven communication. But in fact, the words of our Hebrew liturgy possess an intense spiritual power that flows from Heaven to Earth. The prayers we recite were composed by the Men of the Great Assembly, the holiest and most learned men of the times of the Second Temple. They were guided by ruach Hakodesh, Divine inspiration, to choose words that would possess the ability to uplift those who recited them with sincerity. These words are the active ingredient in the spiritual medicine that is prayer. (That's why, even though all prayers are understood and accepted, it is always worthwhile to master the standard Hebrew liturgy.)
When a person faces suffering and challenge, he prays. But his prayer does not change God's mind. It changes who the person is, and that changes everything.
Adapted from Praying With Fire (ArtScroll) by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman
Day 7
When the Bad Guy Finishes First
Chances are you know this man. Let's call him Oscar. He's fabulously successful but has never given a penny to charity. He avoids doing favors for anyone but the people he wants to impress. He cheats in business, oppresses his employees and causes general unhappiness wherever he goes. The only thing he prays to is the Dow Jones index.
If, as we learned earlier, prayer is the only way to bring blessing down from Heaven into our lives, how can we account for the fleet of cars, mansion and small castle in Ireland that belong to this obnoxious and irreverent person? To what does he owe this overdose of material blessing?
Unfortunately for Oscar, the bounty he enjoys is not what we would define as a blessing. If need -- financial, physical, emotional or spiritual -- is the means by which God awakens us to seek a connection to Him, you can be sure that Oscar has been left to remain fast asleep. His amazing mass of stuff is nothing more than a strong indication that God has given up on him and anesthetized his soul with enough wealth to keep him numb for a lifetime. There's nothing to be accomplished with poor, pathetic Oscar, God has apparently determined. The perfection of his soul will have to wait for its arrival in the spiritual world, or perhaps for another lifetime.
Of gains amassed by unsavory people, the famous European scholar Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler explains, "It is not really a blessing since there is no Heavenly help in it. It lacks a spiritual source. In addition, it brings no satisfaction to the owner. It accomplishes nothing."
A further insight into this question comes, as so much basic wisdom does, from the prototype of Creation. In the well-known episode of the Garden of Eden, there are three protagonists -- Adam, Eve and the snake. The snake convinces Eve to eat the fruit God has forbidden her and Adam to eat. Then Eve, in turn, drags Adam into the crime by getting him to take a bite.
God punishes all three of them, but the nature of their punishments is very different. Adam is given the burden of earning a livelihood. Eve is given the difficulty of childbirth and childrearing. The snake loses his legs and is told that he will eat the dust. If we follow those "curses" to their logical consequences, we see that the snake received the only real curse. What Adam and Eve were given was a life-long open line of communication with God. Nothing spurs a mother's prayers more than her worries, hopes and fears for her children. Nothing prods a breadwinner to pray more than the insecurities and risks of agriculture, business or career. Man and woman were assured through these decrees that they would always have reason to turn their eyes up to Heaven and say, "Help me, please." Mankind would be able to remain spiritually alive.
On the other hand, the snake would never need anything. Dust is plentiful, ubiquitous. The snake would never have to lift his head out of the dirt to seek Heaven's help. That is a real curse. And like the snake, a person who is surrounded by everything he will ever need is completely cut off from anything spiritual, unless he makes a constant, conscious effort to acknowledge the real source of all his blessing.
Of all the benefits a person might ask for in prayer, there is no benefit greater than the desire and ability to pray. This is what keeps us spiritually alive. Through prayer, all the difficulties and needs that beset our lives actually become the source of our greatest blessing -- the incomparable inner happiness that comes from drawing closer to God.
Adapted from Praying With Fire (ArtScroll) by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman
Day 8
Out Loud
Did you ever take a look at some sheet music, follow the little dots and lines as they run up and down the staff, take a deep sigh and say, "How beautiful!"
Probably not. Except for the rarest of musical minds, a person would have to hear the music played before he could have any kind of emotional response to it.
The same can be said of the words in the prayer book. They are meant to be spoken, not read, and it is only by verbalizing them that you activate their full transforming power. Silent reading, even with full comprehension of what you're reading, is still only reading.
In the introduction to the Shemoneh Esrei, the 18 blessings that are the centerpiece of Jewish prayer, there is a brief petition: "God, open my lips and my mouth will speak Your praises." Our concept of prayer is not meditation. Nor is it nice thoughts or even ecstatic experiences. It is the highest function of our power of speech.
Part of the reason speaking the words is so important is that prayer is a spiritual activity. If it is left to be performed on an inner, intellectual level, it becomes completely ephemeral, nothing more than a thought. By transforming it into a physical act of speaking out loud, it becomes something more concrete, something that has the potential to make an impact upon the doer.
The concept might be compared to the difference between feeling regret for having hurt somebody and actually telling the victim of your actions that you're sorry. There's no question saying those words, even over the telephone, gives the situation a far greater sense of reality. The action of saying "I'm sorry" creates a focus and an internal impact that thoughts cannot create.
Another benefit of praying out loud is that it confirms the sense that you're addressing "Someone." It's not easy to keep in mind the invisible, incorporeal Recipient of our praises and petitions. But without the sense that you're standing in front of God and communicating with Him, you're only reciting prayers, not actually praying. Saying the words out loud helps maintain the awareness that the words are going somewhere.
But as important as praying out loud is, just standing there vocalizing a string of Hebrew words won't accomplish anything either. Prayer is known as avodas ha-lev, the service of the heart. That means that as much as your lips must move, your heart must be moved. Using both capacities together, you can really hear the music.
Adapted from Praying With Fire (ArtScroll) by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman
Day 9
Up, Down and All Around
When my children were small, they each in turn went to playgroup at the age of three. There, they each learned the first fundamental concept of the Jewish faith -- a song: "Hashem (God) is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere. Up, down and all around, that's where He can be found."
Someone who masters that point will never have trouble praying meaningfully. Imagine such a person's mind-set. He wakes up and thinks, "Wow, another day of life. Thank God!" and takes his first sip of coffee with the thought, "Good recipe, God. Thanks for the tasty beans and the caffeine kick, too," and sets off to work with the thought, "How could I be so lucky that God led me right to a good job that pays my bills?" He leaves behind his sleeping children in the early morning hours, thinking, "Two perfect little girls. I can't believe You gave me such a gift again today!" By the time this person opens his mouth to pray, he's so overflowing with gratitude to God that he can barely contain himself.
But for most people, the mundane everyday tasks seem to get in the way of spiritual awareness rather than arousing it. People get wrapped up in the details of doing what needs to get done and getting where they need to go, and find no room in their frazzled minds to emerge from survival mode. It's certainly easier to sense God's presence in a sunset than in a smog alert.
To get the most out of the experience of praying, however, one of the most useful strategies you can pursue is to try to bring more awareness of God into your everyday life. This perspective, little by little, builds a sense of God's presence and tremendously enhances our sense of connection when we embark on formal or even informal prayers.
If you think your life is too hectic to let in a little spirituality, take a look at King David. He had the most chaotic rise to power imaginable, and then reigned over a kingdom that was constantly torn by war. Intrigue and jealousy plagued his rule and his own son tried to dethrone him. It wasn't the kind of life in which a person would normally sit back and write inspirational poetry.
However, King David wrote the Book of Psalms, which forms the basis for many of our prayers. He sought God in everything that happened to him, and transformed his pain and his joy into the words Jews have used for millennia to find the strength to face all that has happened to us as a people and as individuals.
The more a person seeks out God, the more God is there for him. Nowhere is this more apparent than in prayer, when a person is actually reaching out to God and actively seeking to feel His presence. If we can manage to see God in the sink-full of dishes, the crazy work deadlines, the traffic jams and electric bills, we are not going to miss Him as we stand in shul surrounded by an aura of holiness. As any three-year-old can tell you, here, there and everywhere is where He can be found.
Adapted from Praying With Fire (ArtScroll) by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman
Day 10
When Prayers Go Unanswered
If I pray, I get whatever I want, right? Ask the father who has lost a child to illness. Ask the child who has lost a parent. Ask the businessman who went bankrupt and had to sell his home, or the boy who can't seem to learn like the other kids in class, or the woman caught in an abusive marriage. They all prayed, and yet their hopes were not realized. If prayer has all the power which we ascribe to it, how could this be?
Ultimately, there is no humanly comprehensible answer to this question, because we are no more capable of understanding God's reasoning than an ant is capable of understanding ours. The only difference is, the ant won't be plagued by the questions. We will.
Therefore, God gives us some windows on His world -- enough to assure us that even when we don't get the answers we seek, His love for us and His benevolent supervision of the world are beyond question. Here, below, are some of the discernible forces that may be in action when a sincere prayer fails to bring its desired result.
- We don't see the full picture. If you've ever seen a suspense film, you know the technique in which the camera follows the unsuspecting victim-to-be as he blithely goes about his business. Then it cuts to the evil-doers, preparing the victim's downfall. The audience goes crazy. You want to jump into the film and warn the innocent party -- don't get in the car! In essence, we live our lives like the characters in the movie, aware of only what's before us, while God sees the whole story unfolding in scenes that might be thousands of miles or thousands of years apart from each other. It may very well be that as we must endure a certain frustration in our lives that, from the God's-eye view, looks very different.
- We are asking for something that would be counterproductive to our unique purpose. In "The Fiddler on the Roof," the poor milkman Tevye sings "Would it spoil some vast eternal plan if I were a wealthy man?" Well, sometimes it would. God sends each soul to earth with a unique purpose that no one else can fulfill. He gives us access to all the equipment we require to perform our mission, and keeps us from acquiring anything that would interfere with it. Someone whose business simply won't take off, or whose house-hunting in a certain neighborhood just won't render a reasonable prospect, might be looking for something he should not have. For his soul to succeed, he may need to work in a different business or become part of a different neighborhood.
- We've damaged the 'manufacturing equipment' of our prayers. If you try to build widgets with a warped widget maker, you'll no doubt come out with warped widgets. They won't be able to do what a widget is supposed to do (whatever that might be). By the same token, the power of speech -- the mouth -- is the machinery that manufactures prayers. If you abuse that power to insult people, gossip or lie, you damage the mouth's ability to create something pure and spiritual that will be capable of making its way to Heaven. If you know that these kinds of speech are common grist for your verbal mill, working on improving this aspect of your personality could be one of the most important resolutions you make as you head into Yom Kippur.
- Sometimes, the compounded interest of prayer is forwarded. Every time you come to God with a sincere prayer, you place a deposit in your Heavenly account. Your soul attains a little more light. You gain, whether or not you see your petition answered. What happens to that accrued merit? Sometimes, God knows that it will be needed later, and He waits for that time. The prayer you say today may help you ten years from now. It may help your children, or even your grandchildren, in a way that you could never help them when that time comes.
- In perspective, the vast majority of our prayers are answered every day. It's an amazing aspect of human nature that we focus on what's missing. You take your children to Fun Time indoor amusement park/arcade that costs you about $1 a minute. They have hours of fun. Then, just before they leave, they get to redeem their prize tickets for a selection of cheap plastic toys that probably cost .0003 cents apiece to make. Little Susie is five tickets short for the mini-notepad she wants, and she spends the entire ride home crying over her fate. What about the two hours of pure happiness? What about the $120 you just spent for her pleasure? Forget it all. It's what didn't happen that counts most to little Suzie.
And yet, these gifts do not necessarily take the edge off an urgent need. When someone tells a desperately poor person, "At least you have your health," that doesn't pay the bills or remove the unbearable pressure under which the person lives. What this perspective does do, however, is confirm that everything that comes to us, pleasant or not, comes from a wellspring of love and kindness.
The above article is adapted from Praying With Fire; A Five-Minute Lesson-a-Day, written by Rabbi Heshy Kleinman, published by ArtScroll\Mesorah Publications. This book launches the work of the new V'Ani Tefillah Foundation, dedicated to raising awareness throughout the Jewish community on the importance and power of prayer. The Foundation hopes that the articles, as well as the book, will give readers an inspiring way to start their journey into the New Year. May everyone's prayers be answered with goodness and blessing.


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Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis
On the entire 2013 season:
"I'd be really, really pleased with all that the group did this year. Their work ethic, what they achieved. I think they proved me wrong and it's just been an incredible, incredible year."
On the mood of the locker room:
"It's bad. It's real bad. Not just to lose the game in the fashion we did, but that it's the last game of the season and that there's inevitable changes and that the team as it is won't be the same next year. There will always be guys that leave and guys that come in."
On if he thinks this is a core group that will be in MLS Cup contention again next year:
"I believe so. I don't think this team is going to be changed in any large way. Again you have gotten too successful to really do anything else. There's a ton of really young, talented players with this group."
On if not winning finals is becoming a legacy for RSL:
"It's remarkable that this group has put themselves in so many positions to win things and unfortunately things, one thing or another, just haven't gone our way. It's easy to look at that in a negative way, but I don't think we should because I thought we played outstanding tonight. It wasn't like we came here to defend or bunker in. I'm really proud of this group and I think it's a fantastic team."
On the playing conditions:
"I did think it was a little bit unplayable. It was frozen on the opposite side of the field from our bench and the goalkeeper's area to the right of our bench, the closest one to the Kansas City bench was completely frozen. Nick [Rimando] said he was slipping every time he tried to push off so those circumstances aren't ideal for soccer at all. I'm glad we didn't see any injuries tonight. But I think it's something that all clubs, in the future, should know that we need to have better heating systems."
Real Salt Lake Captain Kyle Beckerman
On the game:
"The bounces didn't go our way. We hit the post three times. I haven't seen the replay of Sabo's second goal, I hope it was offside. Of course it's heartbreaking to lose in the final but a lot to be proud of."
On similarities between the 2009 and 2013 finals:
"The way that the goals went, yes. But you hope that it ends the same way that 2009 did."
On whether the team overachieved:
"We came up one short. It was there for us. We missed out. It was there for the win. It's just tough to take."
On the road support for the RSL fans:
"For me, it was about saying thanks to them. For traveling and staying in the cold for 120 minutes plus even more in the shootout. Not just the people that came but the fans that watched us at home and supported us all year long. The support they give us is huge. We really appreciate it."
On the Velasquez's missed penalty at the end:
"It's every kid's dream and for it not to happen the way you see it finishing, it's always tough. I'm sure he'll learn from it. It's real surreal. It's happening so fast. You take the kick thinking that it's going to go in and when it doesn't it turns a dream into a nightmare."
On entering the penalty shootout:
"We feel we've got the best goalkeeper in the league in regular time and even more so in the penalties. It was there for us. He did his job. And we just didn't finish it for him."
Real Salt Lake GK Nick Rimando
On being underdogs:
Today, we had the confidence. We can't go in here thinking that we're going to lose because we're not supposed to be here. Having some finals and losing them is in the back of your mind a little bit, but we lost on penalty kicks to a very good Kansas City team."
On the way the season ends:
"It's tough losing in PKs, especially for a goalkeeper because me personally I think I can save them and I want to save them. It didn't happen this time. PKs is a very bad way to lose but it's also a good way to win for those guys."
On the perception of the team from the public:
"Since 2009, we've really gotten popular in Salt Lake City. It's showed through the years with the stadium and then us always competing at a consistent level, and being at the top of our conference. I think when you're doing well, fans loving a winning team and a team that's consistent. Salt Lake City embraced us in that way."
On feeling hard done by the result:
"That's soccer for you. We had a chance that went off the post and came back to Nielsen. They get a corner kick and Collin did well scoring that goal. Again, we could have iced it with a PK. That's soccer. You love winning but you've got to learn how to lose too and tonight I think we're a very mature team that is going to take that loss into next season."
Real Salt Lake DF Nat Borchers
On what he'll remember most:
"That we lost, really. You play big games like this and there's only going to be one winner. When you're on the other side of it, it's tough. I think that's going to be what I'll remember most."
On the season:
"It's a special group. I've never been part of a group that's been more together than this group here. We really have a lot to build on, a lot of positive things I think given the performance we put in. We've got a lot of good, young players that have stepped up in the playoffs. They stepped up at the end of the game which is fantastic to see. Like I said, I bring a lot of positives out of this."
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City Head Coach Peter Vermes
On the match:
"The first thing I'd like to say is congratulations to (Real) Salt Lake. They are a very good team, and it was obviously a difficult match. I congratulate them for having as successful of a year as they had. They made it to both finals—U.S. Open Cup and MLS Cup—and that's not easy to do."
On the building of Sporting KC:
"Years ago when the new ownership decided to buy this team, I had the pleasure of meeting them very early on to discuss some things that would take place in the future at this club. What's extremely amazing to me is how everything they have talked about has come to fruition. Back then, we talked about bringing special events to this new stadium to be built. If you look at the past year, we've hosted the U.S. Open Cup, we have brought countless teams here to play exhibition games, we won the Eastern Conference championship here, and now MLS Cup. It's incredible when you have owners that have such a connection to your team. It's not just money—they're involved in the community and all of these things. I'm extremely happy for them, our staff, and then the team. I can't tell you how happy I am for the guys. It's great to win MLS Cup as a player. It's such a special moment, and no one can take that away from you. I know the trials and tribulations you go through as a player. These guys are committed and they love this club. And, of course, the final piece is the fans. The environment out there is just absolutely incredible. I want thank them so much for their commitment out there in this weather."
On winning MLS Cup in Kansas City:
"This is definitely a big cherry on top at the moment. When the rule came out to give MLS Cup to the team with the most points, I think that was one of the best things this league has done. It's tremendous to be able to bring this home to our city."
On rewarding Sporting KC supporters with an MLS Cup:
"This is an incredible sports town. The fans have had their downs for many years but they keep supporting their teams. From our perspective, we're happy to reward them for the support they have continued to show through thick and thin. It's an exciting time for the city and an exciting time for Sporting."
On what this victory means to him:
"I'm so glad the game is over with because the last two weeks haven't been easy. This was so important to me because the nucleus of players that has been here the last three or four years has wanted this. It's something they've worked extremely hard for, and they've stayed focused to it. It's also great for the owners and fans. I'm so glad that everyone can be rewarded for what they have been trying to do."
On the weather conditions:
"That's the great thing about sports: everyone's got to play in it. It's not like one team had an advantage in the game. The weather was tough, the south end of the field was frozen, but the players on both sides managed it pretty well. Jimmy (Nielsen) actually had to change his shoes each half because of the pitch—he couldn't get his footing. It was difficult, and penalty kicks obviously aren't the best way to end a game. It was a pretty even match in a lot of ways."
On Aurelien Collin's converted penalty kick in the shootout:
"That was the best penalty he's hit since he's been with us, even in training. That was an unbelievable penalty kick. He saved it for the right time."
On losing Oriol Rosell early in the game through injury:
"It's difficult in any game, let alone a final, to lose a player three minutes into the game and make a substitution. Rosell has been a very good player for us all season long. He's a big part of the way we play. But when Lawrence (Olum) came into the game, he did a very good job. There wasn't any hesitation on our part to bring him in, and I thought the rest of our team handled it well over the course of the game. Sometimes you can get a little nervous when you lose in important guy like Rosell."
Sporting Kansas City DF Aurelien Collin
On why he came to Sporting Kansas City in 2011:
"They showed me something I never had in Europe. I would be working hard and have the best training facilities. For the first time in my life, I had the best facilities, the best environment, the best infrastructure. I know I am a better player now than I was three years ago. I know that if I stay here, I will be a better player in three years than I am now. I wasn't expecting all of this but I feel very blessed and happy to be a part of it."
On the victory:
"Today was a very complicated game. We had a lot of opportunities and they did also. When we were one goal down, we kept our composure and tried even harder. We kept playing good soccer and tried to move forward. We were patient with the ball and had a lot of opportunities. I feel very happy that in the end we won that game. Over the whole season, we deserve it."
On his equalizing goal in the 76th minute:
"The second half was pretty hard for me because I had a small kick in the head. I couldn't see that well, so that's why I scored. I was very lucky that (Graham) Zusi put the ball exactly where I wanted it. I put my head up and it went through, so I'm happy. I don't know what I was thinking when I scored—I'm just happy I scored."
Sporting Kansas City DF Seth Sinovic
On his goal save early in the match:
"I stayed inside because I didn't want the ball to be slipped behind me. I had enough time to recover and get down a block it. Thankfully I was there. It was difficult."
On Sporting's pressure on RSL throughout the match:
"When we're at home, I feel like we put a lot of pressure on teams and sometimes that forces them to foul. I don't think RSL played their best game. I think they're an incredible team, they're a very possession dominant team, but I think the elements and our pressure hindered that a little bit, but that's a testament to the work that we put in defensively."
On the resiliency of the team in the playoffs:
"I don't know. You never want to be down in games, but the timing that we go down gives us plenty of time to go back. We don't want to be in that position, but we're a resilient group."
On if the game was as physical as he expected:
"It was physical. I don't think it was dirty by any means, but it was definitely a physical game. From the experience that I've had in the finals with the U.S. Open Cup, the final's not always going to be the prettiest. Both teams want it and are trying not to make mistakes, so it's not always the prettiest game."
Sporting Kansas City MF Benny Feilhaber
On how tight the season was:
"That's what MLS is all about. You rarely see a team dominate from the beginning to finish and end up winning the cup. You learn from the times that you're not doing too well, and you strive in the moments that you're playing with confidence and playing well. I think we had a really good run at the end of the season and a really good run in the playoffs and we were timely. We did what we needed to do at the moments we need to do them, so full credit to the resilience of the team."
On SKC coming back in each match of the playoffs:
"I think we could make it easier on ourselves by scoring first, but I also think it shows that if we're down, we're never out. I think it shows the kind of confidence that Peter's instilled in us. He's always said we have 90 minutes to do it, maybe 120 minutes and today maybe even more than 120 minutes. But we were able to get it done in the 10th penalty after 120 minutes. So don't count us out until the game's over and I think that's what we showed."
Sporting Kansas City DF Matt Besler
On winning after the past five years:
"There's not one thing that we've learned, but it's just experience. Last two seasons before this, we've won the Eastern Conference, but have gotten knocked out in the playoffs. This year, we get second in the Easter Conference and second in the Supporters' Shield and then we end up winning. So looking back on it, I think it is experience. I wouldn't say we were hungrier this year. We were hungry the past three season. I think it's just learning how to manage the playoffs. It's just a different season and the result I look at is that we go down one against New England and we come back home and we get the job done. Against Houston we manage the first game 0-0 and at home we take care of business."
On bringing a championship to his hometown:
"It's hard to explain really. It's an amazing feeling, it's overwhelming. There's a lot of people that deserve a championship and I honestly feel like I'm part of the fans. I'm a Kansas City guy and I'm proud that we get to bring the MLS Cup home back to Kansas City."
Sporting Kansas City GK Jimmy Nielsen
On the game ending in a 10-round penalty kick shootout:
"I probably could understand the people on our side of the field and how nervous they would get. Because when I was not a part of it, I was pretty nervous when we had to shoot. But when I was in the goal, I didn't feel nervous at all. It's a proud moment."
On if this is the biggest day of his career:
"This trophy here means a lot to me. It's a proud moment. I came here four years ago with the goal of being a champion. Now I'm standing with this, it's a very proud moment. I told my teammates before the game that you want to bring everything you have. You want to give everything you have. You don't want to sit back after a final like this and have the feeling that you could've given a little bit more. They gave everything they had. We were standing in the huddle before the PKs, and I told them no matter what the result is going end up, I'm very, very proud of you."
On if he wanted to take a penalty kick himself:
"I was ready. I was ready to take a PK, but all that doesn't matter now. It was a good moment and it ended the way we wanted it."
On what the new ceiling is for Sporting KC:
"I'll take you through a little bit. When I first came here to Kansas City, they showed me the stadium, I thought that was our practice facility. And now today, four years later, we are in this environment here. And now it's unbelievable fans and an unbelievable organization. I've been reading a few billboards that Kansas City is the soccer capital of America. You know what, no matter where you go, no matter where you're driving, you see people with Sporting KC markers and jerseys and it's those people that deserve this trophy today."

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Food & Drink
Vietnam's first McDonald's opens in Ho Chi Minh City
By CNN Travel staff • Updated 10th February 2014
The wait is over for Ho Chi Minh City residents and travelers in need of a Chicken McNugget fix.
Vietnam's first McDonald's restaurant officially opened for business this weekend.
Located in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam's commercial center, the McDonald's branch has a 24-hour drive-through service and will feature the usual menu classics, plus some items to cater to local tastes (
, anyone?), according to
Vietnamese media
The chain joins other Western fast food chains already present in the country such as Subway, Burger King and KFC, catering to an increasingly brand conscious local middle class.
Menu items at the McDonald's are priced at an average VND40,000-VND60,000 ($1.90-2.84).
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With the addition of Vietnam, McDonald's now operates in 119 countries.
Last year, McDonald's announced that Nguyen Bao Hoang -- or Henry Nguyen as he's known in the West -- would be the developmental licensee for Vietnam to build the brand.
A businessman and son-in-law of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dun, Nguyen has experience in the trenches of the famed fast food chain.
"I have been a big fan of McDonald's my whole life and have had so many wonderful experiences there, including one of my first jobs when I was a teenager," Nguyen said in a statement released by McDonald's announcing the deal.
Hundreds came out on February 8 to be among the first to try Vietnam's first McDonald's restaurant.
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"I have dreamed of one day opening a McDonald's restaurant in my native country ever since my return to Vietnam more than a decade ago."
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Although Nguyen has not unveiled detailed expansion plans, a second branch is soon to follow in HCMC (referred to as "Saigon" until 1975), reports
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pho and banh mi
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social media
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These include Burger King, Subway, Domino's Pizza, Starbucks, Dairy Queen and KFC.
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john biles
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 1470
Location: Australia
Posted: Wed 22 Jun 2011, 22:11
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Hello tinker,
100% use TEENpup 2010 Mini on you EeePC, Legacy OS 2 won't boot from a Hard Drive install.
While Legacy OS 2 has just been released, it is aimed at a different user. Trust me TEENpup 2010 Mini is for you.
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.
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Joined: 06 Dec 2007
Posts: 52
Location: Midwestern United States
Posted: Wed 22 Jun 2011, 22:25
Post subject: will try teenpup mini
thanks, john
I'll download mini and try that on my eeepc.
I'm currently downloading legacy os 2, which will still be valuable to try on my other machines.
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Location: Buckeye State, USA
Posted: Wed 22 Jun 2011, 22:54
Post subject: Opera 11.11
Hi Tinker, you may want to try to update your Opera browser. I am running TeenPup 2010 and it will speed up your browsing quite a bit. Please download Opera 11.11 pet and just install it. It will keep all the settings from Opera 10 and everything should work fine. Try to do it from a live session first, just to make sure it doesn't cause you any problems. You can find it here: "http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=39444"
Thanks, Rob
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Posts: 37
Posted: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 19:37
Post subject: Swap Partition Inactive?
Subject description: Install works but swap always says 0%
I have a question regarding the linux swap partition.
I've installed per the instructions on a P3 with 128M RAM.
I made a 500M swap partition as recommended.
The system boots and runs successfully, but the
swap partition usage always shows 0% no matter
what programs I run.
I've checked it with Gparted, it's mounted and active.
I've run the "swapon -a" command and seen no change.
The swap partition always seems inactive. What can I do?
Just wondering if I can increase performance any.
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Posts: 78
Posted: Sat 25 Jun 2011, 07:12
Post subject: boot on dell d610 laptop
From LOS2 on a Dell Latitude d610. Booted OK and X Window started without problems.
However still having trouble with wifi to WPA access point. Can't see why so far. Have been nosing around in config files. There is an apparently sane wpa_supplicant.conf in /etc that seems to know about the right access point and has generated a psk, but for some unknown reason it seems either association with the ap is failing or perhaps authentication.
Tried earlier on the CPQ E500 with atheros card still without success. Another distro using wicd works on this gear.
This post via wired interface eth0 which works no problems.
sh-3.00# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Radeon Mobility M300]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI6515 Cardbus Controller
03:01.5 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCI6515 SmartCard Controller
03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Adapter (rev 05)
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john biles
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 1470
Location: Australia
Posted: Sat 25 Jun 2011, 07:18
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Hello arby,
Legacy OS 2 will use swap when needed. Most of the time when testing Legacy, it appears that swap is not functioning when it really is.
Can anyone help gnomic with their WiFi problem?
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.
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Location: Down-Under in South Oz
Posted: Sat 25 Jun 2011, 08:27
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@ gnomic: what drivers have you tried for wireless?
I run LOS2 on a D620 but the wireless cards are different on each of our machines. I was thinking that, if you hadn't tried the ipw3945, it could be worth a try..
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Posts: 78
Posted: Sun 26 Jun 2011, 03:48
Post subject: driver, what driver?
Hum, I'm glad you've asked me what driver I'm using because I haven't got a clue. Iirc the only firmware included in LOS2 is ipw2200, which should cover my case with at least one machine, a ThinkPad. Suppose one reason I haven't thought about the driver is that most things seem to be happening that ought to be happening except an actual connection. The wifi card seems to be recognised and shows signs of life (flashenblinkenlights), so I suppose I thought the preconditions were satisfied. The usual problem I see these days with wifi is absent firmware. The ath5k pcmcia card I've tried should as I understand it not require firmware.
One thing I can't claim to understand is how the network setup wizard works. Presumably this is a script or scripts somewhere but I don't know what the name(s) might be or the location. Don't know what it is doing under the hood or what the sequence of events is. I never had much luck with the wizard in older Puppy versions with secured APs, hence wondering whether the newer Simple Network Setup would plug into LOS2.
I think the current situation here is that connection to an unsecured ap is OK, but WPA/PSK is no go. Dodging back and forth between a couple of locations at present with various items of gear at each end so will have to confirm open ap access OK tomorrow.
You are getting connections to a secured ap with the setup in LOS2 unmodified? Or was there some tweaking required?
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Posts: 52
Location: Midwestern United States
Posted: Sun 26 Jun 2011, 12:46
Post subject: trying legacy OS 2 with larger LCD monitor
I just tried Legacy OS on a more modern computer than you might typically have as the target - a dual core Athlon 64 x2, with a 1600x1200 LCD monitor. I choose 1600x1200 from the xorg list, then it errors out of the wizard with the following messages (I typed these as carefully as possible into another computer, while switching my KVM back and forth, but there may be a few typos)
Error: Expected a box option
Use --help to list options
/tmp/choosexmodedlg: line 3: 1360x768x16: command not found
/tmp/choosexmodedlg: line 3: 1600x1200x16: command not found
/tmp/choosexmodedlg: line 3: 1680x1050x16: command not found
/usr/xbin/xorgwizard: line 705: [: -gt: unary operator expected
/usr/xbin/xorgwizard: line 710: [: -gt: unary operator expected
Starting X, specs in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, startup apps /root/.xinitrc
Legacy OS 2 has exited from the desktop. Type "Xwin" to Restart
(To shutdown legacy OS ...
If (X) desktop failed to start ...
and I'm left at the prompt.
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Posts: 719
Location: Down-Under in South Oz
Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 00:31
Post subject:
gnomic wrote:
You are getting connections to a secured ap with the setup in LOS2 unmodified? Or was there some tweaking required?
Yes, mine is a WPA connection to my router, no tweaks or mods, just using the Setup > Wizard > Configure Broadband/Network Connection.
One peculiarity i forgot to mention was that, after entering my PSK, saving and using the profile, the dialogue box says that a connection couldn't be made. After clicking the green-ticked OK button, the main window ishows that Puppy could indeed find a live connection, so i proceeded to acquire DHCP and here i am. This aberration has happened in other Puppy variations as well.
I've never had any luck using Barry's SNS (Simple Network Setup) on either my T42P or this D620, for some unknown reason....the Thinkpad successfully uses the ipw2000 driver, by the way. The T40P i used to have used the ath5k driver.
Anyway, to find out which driver module your system has loaded, i don't know how to find that via the CLI but if you look in the System Profiler (Hardinfo), at Kernel Modules, as per attached screenshot, see what yours shows.
hardinfo, showing kernel modules
1620 Time(s)
the screen i see after successful connection
1465 Time(s)
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Posts: 4439
Location: West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 06:25
Post subject:
I'm finding that the panel down the right-hand side of the desktop [don't know its name]...
Disappears every now and then...
Like when I run Opera.
I can restart it by dropping to a command prompt...
And restarting xwin.
But then if I run Opera again, it disappears again.
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john biles
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 1470
Location: Australia
Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 10:41
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Hello Sylvander,
It's a bit unusual this problem with Opera and the sidebar . You don't need to log out to prompt to restart the sidebar. In Menu under Desktop you'll find "Karamba Desktop Widgets" clicking it will restart the sidebar.
How's SMM working for you. Is it operating as you expected.
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.
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Posts: 4439
Location: West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 11:03
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1. smm is working just fine; doing what it aught.
2. I see the sidebar also disappears when I run smm.
It re-started ok when I clicked "Menu->Desktop->Applets->Karamba Desktop Widgets".
3. Might this problem have been caused when I installed [not in your supplied set of programs] Xfe?
Xfe seems to be working "normally".
["Normal" doesn't have "Open with" listing all programs previously registered, only the last used]
4. In other Puppies, running Firefox, I use "Firefox sync" to synchronize bookmarks between different Firefox browsers running in these different Puppies.
Is it possible to synchronize the Firefox bookmarks with the Opera bookmarks, so they are all identical?
5. I've found, and I'm reading, Opera Help.
Opera Link
, but don't yet understand how to use that to do the above.
I see a link to
The web version of Opera LInk
Will read and attempt to understand.
How would I upload my bookmarks from Firefox, to the "Opera Link" server, so I could then download them from within Opera?
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Posts: 62
Location: northeast Tennessee, USA
Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:28
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My Inspiron 1100 laptop is fast enough to run newer OS's but its Intel 82845 video chipset gets upset with the newer kernels and xorg's. Puppies Wary and 214X work well for me (using the i810 video driver) so it seemed fun to check out Legacy OS2. It booted from CD uneventfully, so I did a full install, keeping my old legacy grub and following eternal-sunshine's (thanks!) tips. Legacy OS2 was obviously done with thoughtfulness and care. Sound and video work well, though "glxgears" is jerky while claiming about 250 FPS.
Since you (John Biles) seem to appreciate info about what hardware works, here are a few lines from hardinfo.
Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz
Family, model, stepping 15, 2, 9 (Pentium 4)
Memory 637MB (53MB used)
Resolution 1024x768 pixels
Audio Adapter ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
VGA compatible controller Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
Ethernet controller Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC
Both the network setup wizard and wlassistant work well using WPA [edit: corrected from WEP]encryption with an ASCII passphrase. With wlassistant: Dial-up & Network < Networks > Legacy Wireless Configuration (wlassistant) or just type wlas<tab> in the terminal. The atheros-based wifi card is happy with the ath_pci driver, so I ended up adding
modprobe ath_pci &
in /etc/rc.d/rc.local to load ath_pci at bootup. Then, wlassistant is simpler, I think, to get reconnected.
Everything I've tried so far (there is a WHOLE lot to try) works well. Thanks for your work, John Biles.
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Posts: 78
Posted: Tue 28 Jun 2011, 07:19
Post subject: those wifi struggles (continued)
Tried some more with CPQ E500 and atheros pcmcia wifi card with ar2413 chipset. Using the network setup wizard autoprobed for drivers. For some reason this inserted the irrelevant 3c59x drivers. Unloaded that and tried selecting ath_pci from driver list.. Got an interface ath0 which was able to scan and see a WPA secured access point. Alas it was not able to connect to same. The hardware is known good.
Bafflement rules. ifconfig doesn't see a wifi interface. iwconfig sees ath0 and an access point. dmesg is talking about a wifi0 and atheros 5212 as it records insertion of the wifi card. ????? Send me a rocket scientist.
Then tried a different machine, ThinkPad R51 with ipw2200. This called wifi interface eth0 and was able to connect to the secured ap, a D-Link in this instance. But just to be awkward, trying to connect later to another ap, a 3com, connection via WPA failed. Cosmic rays?
Back on the E500 with another wifi card, a Belkin with Ralink rt2561s, the situation was not good. An interface ra0 was seen but trying to do anything with it resulted in the gui freezing a couple of times after which I gave up. Hardware known to be good, works with various other distros, etc.
I see others have had better results apparently. Gave wlassistant a run but it doesn't work here. Never seen it working with WPA. I'm afraid rutilt appears to be a waste of space. Aside from just not working, it only supports the sadly obsolete WEP afaict.
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch full review
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon was one of the best Ultrabooks when it launched last year. The 14in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch adds Windows 8 and a touchscreen to the already impressive mix of stylish design, quality build and solid performance. The additions make this ThinkPad thicker and heavier, but it couldn't be described as either bulky or too heavy. Rather the Carbon Touch is now more like other Ultrabooks, unlike its noticeably svelte predecessor. See : What is an Ultrabook?
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Design and build
Design-wise, we're smitten. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is one good-looking laptop. It is almost all black, with some red highlights. With lid closed the top of the chassis is a uniform sheet of black with just a Lenovo logo bottom right, and a ThinkPad badge bottom right - the dot of the i in ThinkPad glows red when your laptop is working. Open up and the design is similarly minimalist. The well-sized scrabble-tile keyboard is black out of black - the keys a slightly more shiny black than the carbon body. What trim there is is red, with the ThinkPad TrackPoint button a red dot set into the middle of the keyboard. Indicator lights glow green. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch lid folds back so the laptop sits flat on the desk. See also Group test: what's the best ultrabook laptop?
We really like the keyboard. As with other Lenovo keyboards the bottom of the scrabble tile keys is curved, giving you extra space when typing. And the size is good anyway. Typing is a good experience, with a couple of caveats peculiar to Lenovo. At the extreme bottom left of the Carbon X1 Touch's keyboard is the Function key. If you're used to Control being there, you will make a few mistakes. The trackpad is smooth and responsive, and it's well sized.
Everything feels stylish and premium. The ThinkPad is principally constructed of carbon fibre, the finish feeling strokably smooth to the touch but not picking up fingerprints. It's a sleek design - with the lid folded down the Carbon Touch is almost MacBook Air-like in its slim profile. But that carbon finish gives a feeling of sturdiness: we wouldn't drop test such a beautiful (and expensive) laptop, but we carted it around for days and found not a scratch on it.
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is heavier than the non-touch Windows 7 version. Without the power brick we measured it at 1.54kg, rather than the around 1.36kg of its predecessor. It's noticeable when you hold both devices. The Carbon Touch is not a heavy laptop - I carried it on my daily commute for days without regularly feeling that I was carrying anything more than my usual mix of gym kit, lunch and myriad smartphones and tablets (back off, muggers). But when you compare it to the lighter X1 Carbon you will feel like you are lifting weights.
You won't, however, notice the difference in thickness. We measured the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch at 2.2cm thick at its widest point. It is a smidgeon thicker than the non-touchscreen Carbon, but its a tiny difference.
Connection options include 3G as well as WiFi, although there's no ethernet or display ports there is a USB 3.0 connector. You get an SD card slot and a fingerprint scanner.
One other point to note about the X1 Carbon Touch's build: the charger cable uses a connector the likes of which we haven't seen elsewhere, even on lower-end Lenovo laptops. It's oblong-ended and looks like a big USB connector. Nothing wrong with that, and a gentle tug on the cable doesn't dislodge or damage it. But if you habitually re-use laptop chargers you are out of luck.
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The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch comes with a choice of Intel i5 and i7 processor, and either 4GB or 8 GB of SDRAM. The model we tested had an Intel Core i5-3247U chip running at 1.8GHz with 4GB RAM. There's also a 128GB SSD, although we could see only 111.78GB, and before we even started nearly a third of that was gone to the OS.
Running Windows 8 this makes the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch a zippy performer. General office work, web streaming and movie playing are all perfectly snappy. This was born out by our PCMark7 benchmark score of 4,783. The best-performing Ultrabooks such as the i7-toting Sony Vaio Duo 11 and Dell XPS 12 Ultrabook attained scores of around 4,900 so the X1 Carbon Touch is in good company. It also boots up quickly.
A 4,900 general performance score was also attained by the best gaming laptop we have tested recently - the Alienware M17x. But don't expect the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch to be a gaming rig. It's not. It's a business laptop with integrated Intel graphics, so you could squeek through less-intensive games on their lower settings but that's about it.
One final note on the X1 Carbon Touch's performance: in our tests it ran hot on the underside. Use it on a desk and you'll never notice, but when we tested the Carbon Touch on our lap we soon had hot legs - and not in a good way.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Battery life
Lenovo makes a couple of big claims on behalf of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch's battery: namely that is lasts for 8.2 hours, and that it goes from zero to 80 percent charged in just 35 minutes. The latter claim we found to be true: this laptop charges quickly, which could prove criticial on the road. The overall battery life was not quite up to the hype, in our experience.
But the good news is that the touchscreen hasn't affected the battery life overmuch. We found the battery life performed much the same as the older, non touch X1 Carbon. We tested that model's measured battery life at 6 hours, 11 minutes. The X1 Carbon Touch is broadly the same: use it for five, even five and a half hours and you should have no problems. And on standby it lasts for days.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch: Display
The Lenovo ThinkPadX1 Carbon touch has a 14in a 1600x900 display. And, glory be, it's a matt display - perfectly usable under bright lights. It's even usable outdoors, at a pinch. Obviously the matt means you lose some of the vibrancy of a glossy screen, but we didn't find the Carbon Touch to be at all washed out. Viewing angles are pretty good - you could defintely gather a few people around this laptop, although it doesn't look great from above.
And it's a touchscreen.
I have to say I wasn't expecting to use the touchscreen. It's a laptop, right? But it turns out Windows 8 and touch do make good bedfellows, even when you have a perfectly good keyboard, trackpad and mouse. It helps that Lenovo has given the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch a 10-finger multitouch panel. It's responsive - to gestures as well as taps.
I've used the X1 Carbon Touch for over a week now, and my experience is this: when selecting things, switching and closing programs, scrolling lists and connecting to a Wi-Fi network I naturally reach out and touch. And that's in the Modern UI and in the Desktop interface. I don't image I'll ever type by touch, but it really does make sense to use a touchscreen this good. And the applications for gaming offer good potential.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch vs 13in MacBook Pro with Retina Display
It's worth comparing the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch with 13in Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The MacBook is a similar screen size, is in essence as fast (4,596 points), lasts much longer on battery (~9 hours), and this flavour of the the Carbon Touch costs a little more. The Carbon Touch has a touchscreen, which the MacBook doesn't. But Apple's laptop has a much better display.
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A Cook County judge is allowing Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to intervene as a third party in a lawsuit that challenges Gov. Rod Blagojevich's authority to expand a government health-care program without lawmakers' approval.
A Cook County judge is allowing Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to intervene as a third party in a lawsuit that challenges Gov. Rod Blagojevich's authority to expand a government health-care program without lawmakers' approval.
Opposing Blagojevich in the lawsuit are Riverside attorney Richard Caro, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Ronald Gidwitz and Greg Baise, president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. They say the Democratic governor overstepped his authority by expanding a program the General Assembly did not fund.
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Madigan is the daughter of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, who's involved in a legal dispute of his own with Blagojevich over the scheduling of special legislative sessions.
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On Thursday, Judge James Epstein said at a hearing that Madigan's office could intervene.
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"In respect to the Attorney General's role in the proceedings — this lawsuit filed by Republican activists is fundamentally about preventing people from getting access to health care," the e-mail said.
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Spillane disagreed.
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Blagojevich's attorneys for the lawsuit are not from the attorney general's office. They are private-sector lawyers who have been appointed as special assistant attorneys general for the case.
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Since July 21, anyone heading north from Tennessee on I-81 who forgot to make a bathroom break at the Virginia Welcome Center might be disappointed by the sight of this closed Mile Marker 61-area rest stop near the burg of Rural Retreat. After all, the very next rest stop, the one near Radford at Mile Market 109, offered a similar barricade. Relief on the day these photos were shot, August 3, didn't emerge until Mile Marker 129 near Elliston (which just happens to be the community that once played host to a health resort called Montgomery White Sulphur Springs and which will shine again when it gets Virginia's new intermodal freight terminal.
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Differences in learning and study strategies between high and low achieving university students: A Hong Kong study
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Beekeeping is a pastime that is gaining popularity in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. Every year hundreds of new people in Pennsylvania join in on the hobby.
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